Body Systems
This system aids movement and bodily functions.
What is Muscular System?
This organelle is responsible for producing energy in the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
A process in which chemical reactions break down pieces of food into small molecules.
What is Chemical Digestion?
This muscular tube connects the mouth to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
The basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
The system responsible for gathering, processing, and responding to information.
What is the nervous system?
This structure controls what enters and exits the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
The process of breaking food into smaller pieces.
What is mechanical digestion?
Which body part transports blood that contains oxygen to the heart?
What is veins?
The type of cell that does not have a nucleus.
What is a prokaryotic cell?
The system responsible for eliminating waste from the body.
What is the excretory system?
This part of the cell modifies, sorts, and packages proteins.
Golgi Body
The process that moves food through the digestive system using muscle contractions
What is peristalsis?
This muscle helps in breathing by contracting and relaxing.
What is the diaphragm?
The type of organism that is made of only one cell.
What is unicellular?
The system that supports and protects the body.
What is the skeletal system?
The brain and spinal cord are part of this system.
(Hint: ______Nervous System)
central nervous system
This process occurs in the chloroplasts and converts sunlight into energy.
What is photosynthesis?
The organ system that breaks down food for nutrient absorption.
What is the digestive system?
This type of cell contains membrane-bound organelles and a nucleus.
What is a eukaryotic cell?)
The system responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients throughout the body.
What is the circulatory system?
This structure is found in plant cells and is the site of photosynthesis.
What is the chloroplast?
The process by which cells convert food energy into ATP.
What is cellular respiration?
This term describes the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small particles and molecules that your body can absorb and use.
What is digestion?
The three main parts of the Cell Theory
All living things are made of cells
cells come from preexisting cells,
and the cell is the smallest unit of life